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Games like Little Nightmares

2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified95 % positive19.99 €

As tiny Six you sneak through the Maw, a nightmarish vessel full of grotesque giants, solving environmental puzzles while evading capture. Its dollhouse-like, unsettling art style and wordless storytelling make this short adventure unforgettable.

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lavish presentation
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

The closest matches for Little Nightmares are Limbo, White Shadows and Gylt. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Little Nightmares special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Limbo

96 %Match

2010PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified93 % positive11.49 €

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lavish presentation
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.

Gylt

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark stealth adventure in which a girl searches for her missing cousin in a nightmarish parallel world. Sneaking, light puzzles and an oppressive, childlike surreal atmosphere take centre stage.

Inside

Dark, serious atmosphere

A wordless, oppressive puzzle-platformer in which a boy slips through a bleak dystopia, controlling bodies with his mind along the way. Masterful atmosphere and a disturbing finale make it unforgettable.

Bye Sweet Carole

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark horror adventure drawn like a classic hand-animated film. You explore a fairytale yet menacing world full of puzzles, chases and platforming sections. The contrast between its charming look and its unsettling story is the main draw.

Ugly

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark puzzle-platformer set in an eerie fairy-tale palace, where swapping places with the protagonist's reflection is the key to solving puzzles, beating bosses and uncovering secrets.

Ayasa: Shadows of Silence

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark puzzle-platformer where light and shadow decide survival and drive the riddles. You travel through six eerie lands to restore balance to a world falling apart.

The Midnight Walk

Lavish presentation

A first-person dark fantasy adventure set in a handcrafted, stop-motion-like world. Alongside the lantern creature Potboy you solve environmental puzzles and evade threats while experiencing five interwoven tales.

Stela

Dark, serious atmosphere

Stela is a dark, cinematic platform adventure that guides a young woman through a collapsing, mysterious world. Chases, light puzzles and strong atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

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